Unearthing Archaeology: A Study of the Recent Coverage of Selected English-Language Archaeology Journals by Multi-Subject Indexes and by Anthropological Literature

Authors

David C. Tyler, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Yang Xu, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Emily Dust Nimsakont, Nebraska Library Commission

ORCID IDs

David C. Tyler

Date of this Version

2009

Comments

This is an electronic version of an article published in Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 28 (2009), pp. 100–144; doi: 10.1080/01639260903089115 Copyright © 2009 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Used by permission. http://www.informaworld.com/

Abstract

Librarians, faculty, and professional researchers, and students already encounter difficulties in locating journal articles for the field of archaeology, yet, in the current budgetary climate, librarians needing to reduce subscription costs may be tempted to cancel smaller, discipline-specific indexes in favor of large multi- subject indexes with broad coverage. This study examines and compares the coverage provided to 208 archaeology and archaeology-related journals and magazines by six multi-subject indexes (Academic Search Premier, ArticleFirst, eLibrary, IngentaConnect, Wilson OmniFile, Web of Science) and by anthropology’s primary index, Anthropological Literature, over a twenty year period (1988–2007).